Jun 16, 2026 · 44 min · 10 segments
Fr. Mark welcomes Catholic author and speaker Carrie Gress to discuss her powerful new book Something Wicked: Why Feminism Can't Be Fused with Christianity. In this timely conversation, Carrie…
Mark MaryHost
One thing I wanted to ask, and I'm sure you get asked this a lot, John Paul II used the term feminism.
So how does that balance? Because I should say your book is about feminism, why it can't be used with Christianity.
How do we deal with that? What feels like a stumbling block? I actually have a whole chapter on this.
The first thing is John Paul II used the word feminism three times in his pontificate.
But the other thing that's really important is to, you know, it goes back to the anthropological level.
What is it that John Paul means by feminism and what is it that feminists, you know, going back to the very beginning mean by it? And I think when you read John Paul II's work, including Moliere's Dignitatum, which is sort of his flagship piece on women, the dignity of women, In that, he's going back to Genesis.
That basic Judeo-Christian ethos that was heralded throughout the West and I think is one of the reasons why the West has been so successful in terms of building civilization.
What is that compared to what most feminists or the feminist movement itself means in their anthropological vision? So the feminist movement, its anthropology is different.
One thing I wanted to ask, and I'm sure you get asked this a lot, John Paul II used the term feminism.
So how does that balance? Because I should say your book is about feminism, why it can't be used with Christianity.
How do we deal with that? What feels like a stumbling block? I actually have a whole chapter on this.
The first thing is John Paul II used the word feminism three times in his pontificate.
But the other thing that's really important is to, you know, it goes back to the anthropological level.
What is it that John Paul means by feminism and what is it that feminists, you know, going back to the very beginning mean by it? And I think when you read John Paul II's work, including Moliere's Dignitatum, which is sort of his flagship piece on women, the dignity of women, In that, he's going back to Genesis.
That basic Judeo-Christian ethos that was heralded throughout the West and I think is one of the reasons why the West has been so successful in terms of building civilization.
What is that compared to what most feminists or the feminist movement itself means in their anthropological vision? So the feminist movement, its anthropology is different.
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